The word “Propagation” (tableegh) has Quranic roots; it means conveying a message and the correct idea.

The main conditions of propagation:

It should be sincere

It should be friendly

It should be trustworthy

It should be done with a sense of responsibility

The difference between Islamic propagation and Propaganda:

Propaganda is exercised with the purpose of controlling public opinion. It is directed towards gaining power, benefits and money

Propagation, in its Islamic sense, means reaching an understanding with the people. The issue is not about controlling, rather it’s about understanding

These are allowed in Propaganda:

Deceiving public opinion

Behaving like an actor

Dramatizing

Lying

In Islamic propagation

Sincerity, trustworthiness, and having a sense of responsibility are necessary

Opportunities and threats are explained to the people

Enemies and friends are clarified and identified for the people

People’s confidence is boosted

When you practice fundamental Islamic propagation, an enemy front will form against you: you should be aware of this

The enemies’ most important plan – numerous tasks that they carry out – is to make the people lose their self-confidence

Propagation is a battlefield, the enemy has waged a war in the present time; this is not a military war but a SOFT WAR, which is more dangerous than a military war

Our job is to destroy the structure and system of power – the system of domination – within the world. And we have done so.

The system of domination means dividing the world into two groups:

The first group is the dominator

The second group is the dominated

We have destroyed this erroneous system and formula within the world

Things the enemy has done and failed at:

Waging wars

Imposing sanctions against the Islamic Republic

Bullying or making accusations

Infiltrating Iran (hatching plots)

Creating domestic rifts

[Foreign] “Intelligence” Agencies imposing their culture

Destroying the domestic culture

We should understand the enemy’s plan. In promotional, economic, social and security wars and in the war of influence and infiltration, you should hypothesize on what the enemy plans to do. Today thousands of weapons (audio/video) – the artilleries that focus on spreading lies and exaggerating problems – are busy firing at this nation.

Enemies’ plots in cyberspace and media:

They release false statistics

They lie

They tarnish the reputation of popular personalities

They deny Islamic Revolution’s achievements

If there is one failure, weakness and shortcoming, they say that there are thousands of them

Features of those who do the enemies’ work inside the country:

They do not have piety

Their religion is politics: Instead of having religious politics, they have political religion

They neither pay attention to God and religion nor to fair-mindedness

Our main enemy, the regime of the United States of America:

American regime is one of the most corrupt and oppressive governments in the world

They support terrorists: they supported DAESH (ISIS) and takfiris as much as possible

They support tyrannical governments: they used to support the Shah; they support the oppressive House of Saud; they support some oppressive dynasties in the region

They support criminals who are committing crimes in Palestine and Yemen

They place African Americans under pressure

By the grace of Allah the Exalted, we will disappoint the U.S. in all arenas

The way to confront America is to turn our economy into the Economy of Resistance:

The honorable officials should take the ‘Economy of Resistance’ seriously; they should not support it with words only

The ‘Economy of Resistance’ does not agree with uncontrolled importation. They should strengthen domestic production

Government and executive offices should prefer domestic products over their foreign counterparts

The people, too, should turn to domestic products

Based on the speech of Leader of the Muslim Ummah, Imam Sayyid Ali Khamenei delivered on December 27, 2017. For full speech in English, click here: